Two Villages That Reflect Well On Each Other

By
Jeffrey Steele

March 4 1998

.....Niles
and Morton Grove also offer fertile ground to business large and
small. A business well known to both communities is Abt Appliances
& Electronics.

The
62-year-old family-owned store was located in Niles for 20 years
before moving to its current 130,000-square foot home at 9000
N. Waukegan Rd. in Morton Grove in December 1991, says Billy Abt,
a vice president. The Abt family likes the area because of its
strategic location between the Edens Expressway and the Tri-State
Tollway. "We draw [customers] from as far north as Milwaukee,
and from Indiana and southeast Michigan too," Abt says.

Store
management and personnel have always had a "real good relationship"
with the residents and village government of Niles and Morton
Grove, he says. "Morton Grove is a friendly community. "It
has a small-town feeling to it. It really has a lot to offer.
There are a lot of businesses and a lot of community events.".....